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fuUnit 1 JOHH SHOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA”

John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so ________, indeed, that he ________ Queen Victoria as her personal ____________. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people ________ ___ cholera. This was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died _______ _______ there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the ________ and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would _____ be controlled ______ its cause was found.

He became interested in two theories that possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first ____________ that cholera ____________ in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its ________. The second suggested that people _________ this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person died.

John Snow _________ that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another outbreak ____ London in 1854, he was ready to begin his _________. As the disease spread quickly through poor ___________, he began to gather information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so _______ that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was __________ to find out why.

First he marked on a map the exact places _______ all the dead people had lived. This gave him a valuable clue about the cause of the disease. Many of the deaths were near the water ______ in Broad Street (especially numbers 16, 37, 38 and 40). He also noticed that some houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street) had had no deaths. He had not _______ this, so he made further investigations. He discovered that these people worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street. They had been given free beer and so had not drunk

the water from the pump. It seemed that the water was to ________.

Next, John Snow_______ _____ the source of the water for these two streets. He found that it came from the river _______ by the dirty water from London. He immediately told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the ______ from the pump so that it could not be used. Soon afterwards the disease _______ ______. He had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas.

In another part of London, he found supporting _________ from two other deaths that were ______ ___ the Broad Street outbreak. A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it __________ to her house every day. Both she and her daughter died of cholera after drinking the water. With this extra evidence John Snow was able to _________ with ________ that polluted water carried the virus.

To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies ____ examined. The water companies were _______ not to expose people to polluted water any more. Finally \Cholera\was defeated.

Unit 2 PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY

People may ______ why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can _______ this question if you study British history.

First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people_____ ____ England you find Wales _________ as well. Next England and Wales were ______ ___ Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to \_______ when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland _________ in the same peaceful way.

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However, the southern part of Ireland was ________ and ______ ______ to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.

____ _____ _____ the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different _________. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems ___ _____ __ different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!

England is the largest of the four countries, and ____ ____________ it is divided _______ into three zones. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. You find most of the population _______ in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two! ___ ___ ___ ______ ______ the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. For historical ____________ you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you will find out more about British history and culture.

The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art _________, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the centre of national government and its ____________. It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle _________ by later Norman rulers in 1066. There has been four _____ of invaders of England. The first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and roads. The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government. The third, the Vikings, __________ the vocabulary and

place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for food.

If you look around the British _________ you will find evidence of all these invaders. You must ______ _____ _____ ______ if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom _______ and worthwhile.

Unit 3 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Spacemall: liqiang299A@GreatAdventureSpaceStation.com 15/11/3008 (Earthtime)

Dear Mum and Dad, I still cannot believe that I am ______ ___ this prize that I won last year. I have to _______ myself ________ that I am really in AD 3008. ________ about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. As a result, I _______ _______ “Time lag”. This is similar ___ the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your ________ time period. So I was very nervous and ________ at first. However, my friend and guide, Wang Ping, was very understanding and gave me some green tablets which helped a lot. Well-known for their ________, his parents' company, called \

I can still remember the moment when the space ___________ called us all to the capsule and we climbed in through a small opening. The seats were comfortable and after a calming drink, we felt sleepy and closed our eyes. The capsule began swinging gently ________ as we ____ relaxed and dreaming. A few minutes later, the journey was completed and we had arrived. I was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future. What would I find?

At first my new _________ were difficult to _______. The air seemed thin, ___ _______ its _________ of gases had little oxygen left. Hit by __ _____ ____fresh air, my head ached. Just as I tried to _____ the necessary _________ ___ this new situation, Wang Ping appeared. \on this _____,\he advised. \

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me through to a small room nearby for a rest. I felt better ___ ___ ______. Soon I was back on my feet again and following him to collect a hovering carriage _______ by computer. These carriages float _____ the ground and by bending or ______ down in your seat, you can move swiftly. Wang Ping ________ my safety belt and showed me how to use it. Soon I could fly as fast as him. However, I _____ ______ ___ Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by ___ all directions. He was ______ up into the centre of them. Just at that moment I had a \lag\flashback and saw the area again as it had been in the year AD 2008. I realized that I had been transported into the future of what was still my hometown! Then I ______ ______ ___Wang Ping again and flew after him.

_________ ____ a strange-looking house, he showed me into a large, bright clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. Suddenly the wall moved - it was made of trees! I found later that their leaves provided the room _____ much-needed oxygen. Then Wang Ping ______ a _____ on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose _____ ____ the floor as if by magic. \as it is your first time travel trip. Just relax, since there is nothing planned on the ________ today. Tomorrow you'll be ready for some visits.\spread some food on the table, and produced a bed from the floor. After he left, I had a brief meal and a hot bath. __________, I ____ ____ bed and fell fast _______.

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单词拼写专项测试(必须使用本单元单词) Unit 1

1. It was Thomas Newcomen not James Watt who invented steam e______. 2. He a______ the various factors and then made his decision.

3. Being e______ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin. 4. The country has come under s______ criticism for its human rights record.

5. The c______ of this bridge took six months. 6. I’ll phone him i______ I hear any news. 7. He c______ generously to the Red Cross.

8. Are you p______ that there’s been no mistake?

9. With common e______ all ages and classes rushed to the sea for health or pleasure.

10. She opened the door c______ so as not to wake the baby. Unit 2

11. This article can be d______ into four parts. 12. His explanation c______ the mystery.

13. It’s i______ to buy cigarettes in Britain if you’re under 16. 14. If it is c______ to you I’ll be with you next Tuesday.

15. I don't want to i______ you. You must decide for yourself. 16. Please a______ for a taxi to pick me up at six o’clock. 17. I’m sorry, sir, those shoes are not a______ in your size.

18. To their d______, their son was admitted into a famous university. 19. I only wear a tie on special o______.

20. They play for the t______ of it, not merely to win. Unit 3

21. A tractor is a powerful motor v______ with large wheels and thick tires used for pulling farm

machinery.

22. They wanted to build a new school but they couldn’t find a suitable l______ for it.

23. The story r______ me of an experience I once had.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting ■ 学而不思，犹如食而不化。